Trends in the prevalence of morbid and severe obesity in Australian children aged 7-15 years, 1985-2012

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Garnett, Sarah P ^a,b   Baur, Louise A ^b,c   Jones, Aimee M D ^a   Hardy, Louise L ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; AUSTRALIA; OBESITY, MORBID;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84971283752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154879     Document Type: Article

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